Long Beach played the Waves twice this season, losing in close matches both times. The team also has played five of the six teams in the tournament, so Campbell said there “should be no surprises.”

Campbell said he will be relying on his Nos. 1 and 5 teams to get them to the championship match. Nele Barber and Rachel Nieto are 25-9 this season playing in the top spot, while Jenelle Hudson and Megan Kruidhof are 27-4.

The coach said he is switching his other duos, moving Anete Brinke and Hailey Harward to No. 2 and Sasha Karelov and Kobi Pekich to No. 3.

USC (34-1) is the top-seeded team and will play No. 8 South Carolina (23-9) in its first match.

The tournament will be a full double-elimination bracket with the exception for the championship match, which will pit the winners bracket champion against the consolation champion for the national title.

All matches will be broadcast live through a variety of platforms. The opening round will be streamed through NCAA.com, while TruTV will have daily coverage beginning at 12 noon (PDT) both Friday and Saturday. Sunday’s championship match will be shown live at 11 a.m. (PDT) on TBS.